A new look at existential psychotherapy.
Am J Psychother
; 60(3): 285-98, 2006.
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| ID: mdl-17066759
ABSTRACT
Existential psychotherapy has remained on the fringes of the mainstream practice of psychotherapy. One reason for its limited acceptance is that the literature has tended to be convoluted and existential psychotherapists' ideas heterogeneous. Another reason is the dearth of empirical validation studies. What if a more succinct, well-defined and research-friendly model of existential psychotherapy could be developed? An argument against such a manualized approach is that making the model more mechanized and structured goes against some of the tenets of existential psychotherapy. Another argument is that the heterogeneity of the field prohibits manualization of existential psychotherapy. Although these reservations have some legitimacy, the purpose of this paper is to develop a more clinically oriented adaptation of existential psychology and lay the groundwork for a manualized approach to existential psychotherapy.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Psicoterapia
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Existencialismo
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Psychother
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá